The transfer paper is put onto special dye sublimation metal and “cooked” in a heat press.

The transfer paper is removed and discarded, and we’re left with our metal print.

So what happens when you want to switch to a different transfer paper? What about changing ink suppliers, RIP software, or the print environment where temperature/humidity will be different?

Any changes to the process will require a new media profile to manage your color.

If you’re relying on a manufacturer provided profile, you will be limited to only the combinations they support.

If you handle your own color management, you’ll need to re-profile for every change, costing your company valuable time and material.

Work Efficiently With Aqueous Allure

If you’re using the dye sub workflow to produce metal prints, you’re really locked into a system and if any part of your workflow changes or goes wrong, you’re mostly stuck.

With a change in your workflow, creating a new profile for dye sublimation can be tricky.

Even for us, if we want to set up a correct profile, we and the customer would have to be on the same printer, the same dye sub ink, the same RIP, the same transfer paper, the same metal, and similar printing environments with comparable ambient temperature/humidity.

To put it simply, it’s strenuous.

Skip the laborious re-profiling process with dye sub, and work efficiently by printing direct on Aqueous Allure, using your normal printer and OEM inks.